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& Juliet – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring

& Juliet was reviewed at the Milton Keynes Theatre where it continues until 12 April 2025. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Its witty script, compelling performances and lively musical numbers make it an enjoyable experience.

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& Juliet – Curve Leicester and Touring

& Juliet was reviewed at Curve Leicester where it continues until 22 February 2025. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Feel-good theatre at its best.

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& Juliet – Wimbledon Theatre and Touring

& Juliet was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 1 February 2025. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ A rammed first-night Wimbledon audience had an absolute ball, waving their arms around and singing along as if they knew every word.

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Lee Latchford-Evans to join cast of touring & Juliet

Steps star Lee Latchford-Evans is the latest addition to the cast for the second leg of the UK touring production of the award-winning musical & Juliet.

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& Juliet – New Theatre, Oxford and Touring

& Juliet was reviewed at the New Theatre, Oxford. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Featuring the music of songwriter Max Martin, this is such a feel-good show (directed by Luke Sheppard) and arguably one of the best jukebox musicals around.

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First casting news for & Juliet tour

Initial lead casting has been confirmed for this summer’s UK touring production of the award-winning musical & Juliet.

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& Juliet to tour the UK in 2024

Award-winning musical & Juliet will follow its successful West End run by embarking on an extensive UK tour next summer.

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& Juliet bids farewell to the West End in March 2023

& Juliet, the award-winning musical which has been entertaining audiences in London since opening in 2019, will play its final performance at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre on 25 March 2023. The musical first opened at the Manchester Opera House in October 2019 and transferred to London the following month. As well as three Olivier Awards, & […]

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& Juliet welcomes further extension and new cast members

The producers of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet have announced another extension to the feel-good show’s Shaftesbury Theatre run with tickets now on sale up to September 2023. The extension announcement was accompanied by the news that three new cast members – Nicolos Colicos, Billy Nevers and Joe Foster are joining the West End company. Colicos […]

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& Juliet is Broadway bound

Multi-award-winning musical & Juliet will make its Broadway debut at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre this autumn. Currently playing its North American debut run in Toronto, the production will begin preview performances in New York on 28 October ahead of an opening night on 17 November. The production stars Lorna Courtney (Dear Evan Hansen) who will […]

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& Juliet extension announced and new nurse confirmed

The producers of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet have announced an extension to the feel-good show’s Shaftesbury Theatre run with tickets now on sale up to 25 March 2023. The extension announcement was accompanied by the news that Malinda Parris (Mary Poppins, Prince Edward Theatre, Footloose, UK tour) will join the cast to play Angelique the […]

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& Juliet singalong performance announced

The producers of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet have announced the first singalong performance of the feel-good show at the Shaftesbury Theatre on 6 June 2022. Announcing the special performance which will feature screens displaying the lyrics to every song, director Luke Sheppard said: “During our hugely successful run at the Shaftesbury Theatre, we’ve been reminded […]

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& Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre

& Juliet continues at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, booking until 24 September 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ & Juliet opened in London’s Shaftesbury Theatre in 2019, and its exuberant bubblegum brilliance immediately made fans of even the most sceptical and joyless of theatregoers, myself very much included. Whether or not […]

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New cast members for West End’s & Juliet

Tom Francis and Julius D’Silva will join the previously announced Keala Settle in the cast of multi-award-winning musical & Juliet at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 29 March 2022. Francis (Rent, Hope Mill Theatre) will step into the role of Romeo following the departure of Jordan Luke Gage with D’Silva (What’s New Pussycat? Birmingham Rep) taking […]

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Greatest Showman star Keala Settle to make West End Debut in & Juliet

Keala Settle – internationally renowned for her starring role in the global smash hit movie The Greatest Showman – is to make her West End debut in the award-winning & Juliet. The Tony Award-nominated Broadway actress who shot to worldwide fame performing the iconic song ‘This is Me’ in the movie alongside Hugh Jackman will […]

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Award-winning stars head returning cast of & Juliet

Olivier Award-winners Miriam-Teak Lee, Cassidy Janson and David Bedella will be among a largely unchanged cast when & Juliet makes its eagerly-anticipated return to the Shaftesbury Theatre from 24 September 2021. Best Actress Lee (Hamilton, On the Town) will return in the title role alongside Janson (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Chess) who collected the […]

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West End return for & Juliet in September 2021

Multi-award-winning new musical & Juliet will make its eagerly-anticipated return to the Shaftesbury Theatre from 24 September subject to the Government’s lifting of restrictions affecting the full capacity operation of theatres. Announcing an early autumn return for the show which envisions a happy ending for William Shakespeare’s Juliet, the producers thanked fans of the show […]

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& Juliet to return to the West End in May

Multi-award-winning new musical & Juliet is the latest hit West End show to announce plans to reopen in the late spring. Subject to the lifting of social distancing measures, the show which envisions a happy ending for William Shakespeare’s Juliet will return to the Shaftesbury Theatre from 28 May 2021 with its booking period extended […]

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& Juliet leads the Olivier Awards 2020 nominations followed by Fiddler, Dear Evan Hansen and Mary Poppins

New British musical & Juliet topped the list of Olivier Awards 2020 nominations with recognition in nine categories. Once again illustrating the range and diversity of musical theatre currently playing in the West End, the three shows to attract the most Olivier nominations are all genre favourites with Trevor Nunn’s revival of the classic Fiddler […]

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& Juliet – Shaftesbury Theatre

& Juliet is booking at the Shaftesbury Theatre until May 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Jukebox musicals tend to get a bad rap. And to be fair, many such constructions deserve their poor reputations: plundering an artist’s back catalogue in order to appeal to fans, often with a wafer-thin book […]

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New take on Shakespeare’s Juliet features Max Martin hits

Prolific pop hit writer Max Martin will produce and provide the music for a major new musical & Juliet that will envision a happy ending for William Shakespeare’s Juliet. Featuring rising theatrical star and award-winner Miriam-Teak Lee (Hamilton, On the Town) in the title role, & Juliet will use Martin’s modern pop hits to accompany a […]

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